(#5531) Updated status on my move after writing this blog post

      I have decided that I can leave this early morning after writing this blog post. I have all things packed except a few things that are right here in front of me like this laptop and some small items still on my desk. I will go to my local gas station, top off and check my tires for any need of air and then it is off to my new home up on the western side of the state of Washington. It is unique that for the last many years I have longed to go back to the Seattle area but in my mind I knew that the logistics were nearly impossible, until this last December when things moved into place that forced a life changing decision that made the impossible, possible.
     Falling in love can do that to a person even one long in the tooth like me who has never been in a committed relationship that is at the stage of marriage this coming July. There was little doubt that moving up to her was the correct option instead of her moving down here to me especially since I wanted to be up north. Getting this move accomplished required many moving parts to fall into place and that they have. Almost like a synchronicity of fate was and is at play. In other words destiny knocked on my and Judy's door and we both answered. It is hitting me a bit this morning the leaving behind but like all things in this existence very few things are designed for an unchanging.
     A few of those things that are designed for remaining the same are instincts like our compassion and curiosity. These two things are my guiding principles for living and both are about to take a prominent center stage in my life as I venture from this setting to a new one. For love in my heart and wonder at what comes next, both will help me through to a place where the best of who I am will be allowed to flourish and grow. I will have many fond memories of my time here back in my hometown where I relearned what it is to be a good human being again. Many from here will live on with me in my memories and happy those memories will be for me.